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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 58 - 125).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what life-threatening occurrences befell Smarsh many times?
(a) Lightening strikes.
(b) Falls from cliffs.
(c) Near-drownings.
(d) Car wrecks.

2. What derogatory term is popular today to describe rural people and farmers, but Smarsh can not recall hearing much growing up?
(a) Bears.
(b) Digs.
(c) Wheaters.
(d) Rednecks.

3. Why did Betty and Smarsh leave Betty's new house in the middle of the night in Chapter 3?
(a) There was no heat.
(b) It had a gas leak.
(c) It was infested with cockroaches.
(d) The water was shut off.

4. What did Smarsh's mother say about paying retail?
(a) It was impossible for poor people.
(b) It was necessary.
(c) It was only necessary if you were desperate.
(d) It was for fools.

5. Smarsh says the American economy is less like a dream than it is like which of the following?
(a) A restaurant meal.
(b) A race.
(c) A bed of flowers.
(d) An inconsistent god.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city was Smarsh's family farm 30 miles west of?

2. What did Smarsh's grandfather carve the year she was born?

3. Smarsh once read that what you do not transmute, you do which of the following with?

4. Which baby animals did Smarsh love in Chapter 2, only to be devastated when they died?

5. What is Smarsh's mother's name?

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